Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

During my undergraduate education, I was always mesmerized by the sessions run by the MBB consulting firms: McKinsey , BCG, and Bain. Additionally, experience at an MBB firm can add significant value to a resume, hopefully leading to better career opportunities and higher earning potential in the long term.

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McKinsey Transportation Methodologies Bain 78

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

The data is a bit out of date, but the US Department of Education has a College Affordability and Transparency Center where you can see the highest and lowest tuition and net tuition (including aid) of various types of two and four-year colleges. Fast Company also commented on the sad cost situation in How To Save $244,000 On Your Education.

Education 72

Education How To Course Resumes 72

Management Consulted

APRIL 9, 2017

You know how important your resume is in getting your foot in the door for an interview. Actually, your resume is all-powerful. The whole point of your resume is for the firm to see clearly and quickly what makes you special. If the resume doesn’t communicate this in 10 seconds or less, it’s not complete.

Cover Letters 113

Cover Letters Resumes Consulting Management 113

Tom Spencer

JUNE 2, 2023

A candidate might spend hours on their resume and cover letter but put little thought into their LinkedIn profile other than a profile picture and a cheesy blurb in the “about” section. Although it may be less important than a resume, it is a crucial way to sell yourself as a qualified candidate. Quality beats quantity here.

Resumes 103

Resumes Consulting Management Cover Letters 103

Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2016

My advice is to look to a group of people I call “global cosmopolitans”— highly educated, multilingual professionals who have already lived, worked, and studied for extensive periods outside their home regions. Prompt them to assess and discuss the knowledge and skills they acquired through those experiences.

Culture 132

Culture Management Resumes Education 132

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

nursing, elementary education). Essentially, we gathered resumes of hundreds of men and women submitted for job openings of feminine (physician assistant, HR manager), masculine (paramedic, IT manager), or gender-neutral (pharmacist, marketing manager) positions. Census Bureau ) from each female and male applicant’s resume.

Resumes 131

Resumes Research Study Metrics 131

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

As a banker asked to evaluate a series of resumes said, “ Anyone who plays squash I love.” They sent fictitious resumes to 316 offices of the top 147 law firms in 14 cities, from fake law students looking for a prestigious summer associate position. The resumes were identical in terms of education and work experience.

Company 132

Company Resumes Sports Culture 132

Tom Spencer

APRIL 20, 2019

For example, my answer would be the course “Educational Psychology” that I took in my 3 rd year of university. I would choose educational psychology because it was one of the first times in university (6 years ago) where I felt connected to the way a professor taught and explained concepts. Walk me through your resume.

Interviews 110

Interviews How To Resumes Education 110

Tom Spencer

JULY 5, 2024

While not the sole factor determining admission, your GMAT or GRE scores offer an objective gauge of academic performance and facilitate schools in comparing candidates from diverse backgrounds, countries, and educational systems. It is important to regularly revisit and refine your resume to ensure that it is polished and compelling.

Resumes 78

Resumes Interviews Education Transportation 78

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 9, 2019

Between a resume and cover letter , most job applicants will tell you that the resume is more important. While your resume provides a more complete summary of your education, skills, and experiences, the cover letter also plays a very important role during the application process. Why You’re a Great Candidate.

Cover Letters 73

Cover Letters Resumes Consulting Case Interview 73

Tom Spencer

MARCH 18, 2022

Pre-interview: Polish your Resume and Cover Letter. Even though you might be inclined to submit the same resume and cover letter to all consulting companies, you are strongly advised to change a few things when targeting economic consulting firms. In this post, I will share 5 tips on how to ace your economic consulting interview.

Cover Letters 109

Cover Letters Case Interview Consulting How To 109

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Is my resume where it needs to be?” We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Do you want to talk about your resume and your experience first, or do you want to talk about the questions that you have? Commercial Pilot’s Resume. Is that right?

Consulting 125

Consulting Resumes Bain Recruitment 125

Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2017

For example, implementing a new interview process, without educating employees on its benefits, inhibits its adoption. Other employees reported they “stopped giving resumes in advance of tech interviews to reduce bias in expectations of a candidate’s potential ability.”

Training 134

Training Training Interviews Survey 134

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 6, 2020

I receive 2-3 LinkedIn messages per day asking to schedule a call so that I can share my personal experience in consulting, answer recruiting-related questions, and sometimes even review a resume on the spot. However, due my busy schedule there is only a handful of requests that I can reply and offer to help.

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Recruiting Recruitment Resumes Conference 139

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 25, 2019

I think prestigious opportunities and elite university educations have their place and can be quite useful. Having an Ivy League diploma on your resume IS very useful for the first six seconds that your resume is being read by a busy resume screener. I have been shocked. absolutely shocked.

Resumes 88

Resumes Tools Training Training 88

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2016

But I encourage the executives who ask me for advice to make ransomware prevention a central piece of their cybersecurity strategy, to review that strategy at least once a year with their board of directors, and to engage their entire organization in education and prevention. Even scarier, user interaction is not always required.

Company 124

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

Nearly all of my friends are well educated, even though half of them are not well schooled.). I’ve concluded that in life and career there is an X factor — one thing that can compensate for poor grades, lack of an Ivy League degree, lack of a college education at all, poor test scores, the inability to do math, and even a low IQ.

Resumes 67

Resumes Education McKinsey Small Business 67

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Identify these transferable skills, such as communication, problem-solving, leadership, project management, and technical abilities, and highlight them in your resume and interviews. Tailor your resume and cover letter to highlight your transferable skills and align them with the requirements of your target role.

Cover Letters 78

Cover Letters Resumes Industry Construction 78

Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

Having cultivated a culture that supports intellectual freedom, rewards collaboration, and offers opportunities to build your career, Bates White employees always make mention of the fact that they are challenged to put their education to work as they develop practicable solutions real-world problems, all in the context of a strong team environment.

Interviews 140

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 140

Tom Spencer

APRIL 18, 2021

The earlier you get exposure to consulting the more time you will have to explore, experience, and educate yourself about what to expect from a consulting career. You can also vision board your ideal resume. If you are interested in consulting, take the time to follow up and see if you may enjoy it. Exploring once you have focused.

Consulting 97

Consulting Sports Resumes Case Interview 97

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Analysis Group is pretty prescriptive in terms of the careers that are open to its employees, depending on his or her level of education. If you do have the requisite education, you will be hired as an Associate. Having Analysis Group on your resume communicates a brand that conveys intelligence and a driven, high-performing nature.

Analysis 100

Analysis Groups Interviews Culture 100

Management Consulted

JULY 12, 2015

Some of the first contracts the firm won, including elementary school educational games and national security, demonstrate how they started off in the same way they wanted to continue. The very first stage of recruiting at Abt is their online application, where you will upload your resume for screening. Analytical Computing.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Case Interview Resumes 100

Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2020

And I think part of this, and I don't know if you were going to ask this question, is while you have a lot of confidence you also have to educate yourself on what's new. As long as they have the coaching, the mentoring, the love of education and the resiliency, anybody can make a really good consultant if they have those characteristics.

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Consulting Insurance Insurance Methodologies 296

Tsavo Neal

AUGUST 21, 2020

What are the best formats for a resume? Here’s the resume format I used to earn my first job in tech as a product manager in 20 days — as a History major, nonetheless! See the original PDF of my winning resume here: [link] ). Tsavo Neal — Designer & Content Marketer. 604) 372–2859 | tsavo@email.com | [link] | tsavoneal.com.

Resumes 78

Resumes Productivity Education Marketing 78

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2024

Educational Experience: Includes faculty quality, student quality, and educational experience. Educational Quality: The high standards of education and resources ensure that you’ll receive a top-tier business education in addition to leadership training. Should students care about MBA rankings?

Methodologies 68

Methodologies Education Recruiting Recruitment 68

CaseInterview.com

AUGUST 23, 2022

I will list a few here: Attendance — IQ does not predict whether you will show up to class, do homework, go to meetings, or attend industry continuing-education events that aren’t required. In the early 1990s, McKinsey screened resumes primarily based on GPAs and test scores (a proxy for the IQ score) — the higher, the better.

McKinsey 105

McKinsey Resumes Emotional Intelligence Trends 105

Tom Spencer

MAY 2, 2021

You might have a picture-perfect resume. Your credentials might even get past the robotic sorters looking through thousands of resumes for specific “buzz words”. Start by building your profile, adding your current position, education, experiences, and skills. You might satisfy all the basic qualifications.

Consulting 88

Consulting Recruiting Recruitment Resumes 88

Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2018

He updated his resume and LinkedIn profile to reflect the fact that he was looking for work and then began to strategically reach out to his network. If you are just starting out, your expanded focus could include your educational experiences to date. Bob also experienced a layoff but took a completely different approach.

How To 133

How To Resumes Exercises Education 133

CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn how to market yourself through your resume and cover letter so that you will get the interview. Topics Covered: How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. Your resume needs to show all of these skills. Academic Performance.

Case Interview 53

Case Interview Cover Letters Interviews Resumes 53

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The sheer number of resumes can be overwhelming. When a manager reads through resumes of job applicants, she is implicitly trying to predict which applicants will perform well in the job and which won’t. Organizations and applicants alike often use heuristics to determine what characteristics of a resume matter most (College GPA?

How To 70

How To Metrics Resumes Data 70

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Others move into HR roles at different companies, while some go back into education, and others, drawing on Buck’s impressive Fortune 100 network, take a deep dive into the corporate world (but outside HR). After Buck receives your resume, successful applicants are shortlisted and a time is set up for a phone interview.

Consulting 100

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Healthcare 100

Tom Spencer

JULY 25, 2020

Brush up your resume and cover letter , practice your technical questions, and don’t forget the often overlooked behavioral questions. Be smart, do your research, and have an educated opinion. No matter how many rejections you get, or how many dream jobs are lost… it only takes one offer to make it all worthwhile. Focus on yourself.

Cover Letters 88

Cover Letters Recruitment Recruiting Interviews 88

Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

For legal reasons , hiring managers can’t openly say what may be on their minds: that you might be a less committed or effective worker now that you’re a parent and have a “gap in your resume.” ” Unfortunately, when a bias is unspoken, it’s much harder to address outright. You and Your Team Series.

Cover Letters 133

Cover Letters Talent Resumes Interviews 133

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Pursue a minor in entrepreneurship or management, complete a certificate in sustainability, or take a physical education class. This does not need to be a resume building activity, as you obviously have the job already. You spent years and years earning degrees, preparing your resume, practicing interview answers, and comparing offers.

Case Interview 88

Case Interview Travel Resumes Interviews 88

Tom Spencer

MAY 6, 2022

Although these are not “traditional” business internships, these experiences can teach professional and leadership skills, and educate you about certain industries. By articulating the problems you solved in your resume and during future interviews, recruiters will be better able to understand your professional skillset.

Finance 88

Finance Resumes Government Recruiting 88

Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2016

The key is to get advice – recruiting insights, resume feedback, info on which offices are hiring, which locations are more competitive, etc. 2) Strong undergrad education. 2) Strong undergrad education. Access your network to connect with current or former McKinsey consultants. Your goal is NOT to ask for a job.

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McKinsey Recruitment Recruiting Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The average process starts with an initial phone call (15-30 minutes) covering your background (practice walking through your resume!), Networking your way into a position at Simon-Kucher & Partners is not very difficult if you’ve got the right education and experience. Simon-Kucher has a fairly rigorous interview process.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview Automotive 100